Monica Kello @monicakello.bsky.social · 21/05/2026It examines how differing perceptions of danger shape operational conduct: from reconnaissance and stealth management to targeting choices and tolerance for unintended effects. 000
Monica Kello @monicakello.bsky.social · 21/05/2026The article develops a conceptual framework of “risk societies” and “threat societies” to explain variation in national operational styles, and applies the framework to illustrative case studies of the United States and Russia. 100
Monica Kello @monicakello.bsky.social · 21/05/2026In this article in Global Society I argue that answering this puzzle requires greater attention to culturally-informed risk and threat perception. 100
Monica Kello @monicakello.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Why do some states routinely target civilian systems and commit operational errors, risking escalation, while others pursue highly restrained and carefully calibrated cyber operations, investing enormous amounts of time and resource? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comFear of the (Un)known: How to Think About Risk and Threat Cultures in Cyber ConflictThe question of how states make operational decisions in cyber conflict is under-theorised. Much of existing scholarship has answered it within general frameworks of materialist and rationalist the... 242
Monica Kello @monicakello.bsky.social · 29/07/2025In my latest piece for @bindinghook.bsky.social, I argue that cognitive defence must become a strategic priority for Europe. Read here: bindinghook.com/articles-bin...bindinghook.comEurope needs to invest in cognitive defenceIn an era of AI, social media, and increasing Russian interference, ‘defence’ means more than tanks and bombs 032
Reposted by Monica KelloHague TIX @haguetix.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Updates to our speakers list! Looking forward to the talks by Mattijs Dijkstra & Zawadi Done (@huntandhackett.com), @joshagoldstein.bsky.social (Georgetown's CSET), & @maxwsmeets.bsky.social (@virtualroutes.bsky.social + @ethz.ch). Registration closing 1 June: www.thehagueprogram.nl/the-hague-ti... 043
Monica Kello @monicakello.bsky.social · 15/05/2025A huge thanks to our supporters, without whom none of this would be possible: @eset-nl.bsky.social, @huntandhackett.com, @thehagueprogram.bsky.social, @chainalysis.bsky.social. 042
Monica Kello @monicakello.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Each of our speakers brings access to unique empirical datasets, and by sharing them, we hope to generate insights about digital threats that no single domain could uncover alone. 142
Monica Kello @monicakello.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Our objective is to gather leading thinkers from various sectors – academia, private industry, and government – for earnest discussion. 122
Monica Kello @monicakello.bsky.social · 15/05/2025This year's edition will cover a wide diversity of topics: highly personalised covert influence operations, digital counterintelligence history, ransomware operations, developments in the APT landscape, AI's use in propaganda campaigns – and more. 122
Monica Kello @monicakello.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Thrilled to share this year's keynote speakers for #HagueTIX2025: Margarita Z. Franklin and @ridt.bsky.social. 162
Reposted by Monica KelloHague TIX @haguetix.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Excited to confirm our first speakers at #HagueTIX2025! Looking forward to the talks by Alexandra Gofman, @selenalarson.bsky.social, @milenkowski.bsky.social & @julianferdinand.bsky.social, @pearswick.press and Thomas de Zoete! @fggaleiden.bsky.social @monicakello.bsky.social 185
Reposted by Monica KelloHague TIX @haguetix.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Call for talks! - Send us your proposals by Monday 31 March, 11:59am/noon (CET - Central European Time)! --> www.thehagueprogram.nl/the-hague-ti... @monicakello.bsky.social @fggaleiden.bsky.social @collierjam.bsky.social @thehagueprogram.bsky.social 035
Reposted by Monica KelloThe Hague Program on International Cyber Security @thehagueprogram.bsky.social · 26/02/2025𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆: 𝗴𝗲𝗼-𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: New article by Dennis Broeders, Arun Sukumar, @monicakello.bsky.social and Lise H. Andersen in the Review of International Political Economy: doi.org/10.1080/0969... @fggaleiden.bsky.socialdoi.orgDigital corporate autonomy: geo-economics and corporate agency in conflict and competitionMany argue that we have entered a new era of international ‘geoeconomic’ relations. Looking at western geoeconomic measures in the digital economy, we specifically focus on the role and agency of p... 062
Monica Kello @monicakello.bsky.social · 15/01/2024In a new piece for @bindinghook.bsky.social I argue that Russia’s foreign cyber operations are driven by its strategic culture, which responses to them should consider. bindinghook.com/articles-hoo... 1108
Reposted by Monica KelloContemporary Security Policy journal @cspjournal.bsky.social · 04/01/2024🆕 article online Why have non-binding agreements prevailed over formal multilateral cooperation in cybersecurity? Arun Sukumar, Dennis Broeders & @monicakello.bsky.social say it is due to multipolar geopolitics + the rise of non-state actors www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 075